Selection: 7 designer timepieces for the holidays

Deja-vu

The fourth film in the Matrix saga may leave you with an impression of déjà-vu, by dint of bringing Neo and Trinity back to the loops of the past.

But it is the occasion for Hamilton, the watchmaker of the cinema, to release a fashion engraving.

Its seventies style fits perfectly with the retrofuturist high-tech universe of the blockbuster.

Published in 1,999 copies (tribute to the year of release of the first part), this

with green LCD digits revisits the lines of the Pulsar from 1970, the original digital watch.

On the back of the case, we find engraved the pattern of digital rain of the matrix recognizable among a thousand.

Matrix resurrects.

Hamilton

Japanese flower

At the start of the year, Takashi Murakami's first watch for Hublot sold out within minutes.

The Japanese artist does it again with a new version of his famous humanized flower, produced in 100 copies: the

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At the heart of a transparent case, cut from the 45 mm diameter sapphire crystal, the 3D smiling face of this daisy, set with 103 precious stones, is surrounded by 12 colored petals.

When they start to turn, the 487 rubies, pink, blue, yellow and orange sapphires, amethysts, tsavorites reproduce the nuances of the rainbow.

Wake up your wrist.

Glashutte / Panerai

Small frames

We have known it massive on the imposing wrists of action film heroes.

Here is that this muscular diving watch is reinvented in a diameter of 38 mm, much wiser, for the finest joints.

Combining a polished steel case with a red alligator leather strap, this

remains faithful to the design of the Luminor, with an ivory dial with a sun-satin finish.

It features an automatic movement with a three-day power reserve.

Two young French brands.

SYE / Trilobe

On the starting line

One year after its launch, the young French brand SYE (for Start Your Engine, “start your engine”) presents the new versions of its Mot1on model. Racing enthusiasts have the choice between three shapes, always with an assertive sporting spirit, and three bracelets, one of which is in steel. Its latest

takes up the classic codes of chronographs, with its two black circular brushed sub-counters. It is equipped with a Seiko mecha-quartz movement, with a fifth-of-a-second second hand and instant mechanical chronograph reset.

Magic night

This is undoubtedly one of the greatest successes of contemporary French watchmaking.

One of the most poetic too.

The Trilobe designer duo are reinventing the time display via rotating indicators replacing the traditional hands.

All of this comes to life thanks to an automatic X-Centric movement designed for the young house.

And that leaves

of room, on the dial of this

for the display of a customizable sky.

Indicate a place, a date, a time and you will see the position of the stars at that precise moment.

Luxury flower or beagle star?

Porthole / Swatch

Classic retro

The latest addition to the German manufacturer Glashütte Original features a retro design with masculine lines and rounded angles, associated with a new deep blue dial. In the seventies family, we ask for the Panorama Date characteristic of the brand at 6 o'clock, and the chronograph counter at 12 o'clock. Added to this is a small second with power reserve display, a 30-minute counter and the central seconds stop, which can be reset and restarted with a single press thanks to a return-to-flight mechanism. Within the 40 mm diameter steel case of this

beats an automatic Manufacture caliber decorated by hand and equipped with a 70-hour power reserve.

Beagle star

At the end of the year, the Peanuts, designed by the famous American designer Charles M. Schultz, are taking over Swatch watches.

On the dials and bracelets, Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy and the others are having fun, sledding and creating snowmen.

The most famous beagle on the planet is also offered on a limited edition

, with a 41 mm diameter case in bio-based glass.

A little attention for your four-legged best friend: Its packaging transforms into a stainless steel dog bowl, adorned with Schulz's black line drawings, once the watch is removed.

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